They sort-of did it for a while, maybe still, but they eliminated much of what they were previously funded by existing revenue sources.

But regarding how money coming into the coffers versus the money in some form reaching education purposes, from
http://naplesherald.com/2016/08/12/florida-lottery-money-really-go-add-math/
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Taylor Nash, communications director for the Florida Lottery in Tallahassee breaks those numbers down for us:

*All of this is from Lottery sales, not a taxpayer expense.

64% – Prizes

>>>>>>28% – Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF)<<<<<

5% – Retailers

2% – Vendors

1% – Administrative costs
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The Florida Lottery employs 420 employees statewide. In 2015, the Lottery paid $17,853,343 in salaries.
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So none of it is listed as diverted to other things. I'm not sure where the money spent to convince people to do foolish things like gambling their heard earned money away is paid from.

It is interesting to think of hidden costs. Money spent on lottery tickets did not buy other things, so we will never know how many businesses went belly-up because of the business it cost them and the businesses which suffered by losing THEM.

Oh well, fools will be fools.

David for self-taxing fools